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Refiled for abandoned application Serial No. 664,662, April 5, 1933.This application May 16, 1936, Serial No. 80,182

2 Claims.

This application is a substitute for application Serial No. 664,662,filed April 5, 1933.

This invention relates to the class of paper receptacles and hasparticular reference to the type of container or paper receptacleemployed for holding ice cream, frozen confection and the like.

Heretofore it has beenthe practice to provide as a container for icecream and frozen confection a paper cup having a separable lid and whenvending such articles a wooden spoon or the like is supplied with eacharticle to facilitate eating the contents of the cup or container.

In accordance with the present invention a container for the purposeabove suggested is provided which will facilitate the packing of the icecream or frozen confection therein, will dispense with the need of aspoon for eating the contents of the container and will otherwise provemore efficient than containers as now employed.

Briefly the invention consists in the provision of a container made ofpaper, suitably treated, or from other destructible material and fromwhich sections thereof may be removed successively as the contents ofthe container are being consumed.

The invention together with its numerous objects and advantages will bebest understood from a study of the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated apreferred embodiment of the invention.

It is to be understood at the outset that the form of the inventionherein disclosed is merely exemplatory and that accordingly it is innowise intended to restrict the invention other than to meet therequirements of the prior art and scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of one side of the container.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the container taken at rightangles to Figure 1.

Figure 3 is top plan view.

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the container with one sectionthereof removed.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional elevatlonal view taken through thelower or handle end portion of the container, and

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the container is formed.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that thecontainer is of elongated form, substantially rectangular in crosssection. In accordance with the present invention the containercomprises four elongated sides or walls I, 2, 3 and 4. Walls l and 4 attheir meeting edges are joined through the medium of a longitudinal flap5 provided on the longitudinal edge of the wall I and adhesively securedto the inner face of the wall 4. The lower portions of 5 walls 2 and 4converge, and the lower portions of walls I and 3 are folded on foldlines 6, I inwardly between the lower portions of walls I and 4 and thelower portions of the walls I, 2, 3 and 4 are held in their finalpositions through the medium 10 of a flap 8 provided on the lower edgeof the wall 4 andfoldable inwardly behind corresponding folded portionsof the walls I and 3 as suggested in Figure 5. It will thus be seen thatthe lower portions of the walls form a tapered handle for the containerand the flap 8 also serves as a bottom closure for the container.

Walls 2 and 4 are provided at their upper edges with closure flaps 9that are foldable inwardly one upon the other, while walls I and 3 areprovided respectively with flaps III, II respectively which are alsofoldable one upon the other and upon the folded fiaps 9. Flap I l isprovided with a tongue I2 to engage a slit I3 provided in the-flap IIIfor securing all the flaps 9, Ill and II in folded position for sealingor closing the top or upper end of the container.

To facilitate removal of portions or sections of the container as theice cream or frozen confection contained therein is consumed, the wallsI to 4 inclusive together with flap 5 are transversed at verticallyspaced points in their length by score lines I4, I5 while the wall 3 hasin an upper portion thereof above the score line I4 a diagonal scoreline I6 and the wall I between the score linesl :4, I 5 is also providedwith a diagonal score line It will thus be seen that when it is desiredto remove the portion of the container above the score line I4, the wall3 is first torn along 40 the score line I6 and then by tearing along thescore line I4 the portions of the walls I to 4 and the flap 5 above thescore line I4 are readily removed. Similarly when the ice cream or thelike I8 has been consumed to the point suggested in Figure 4 anadditional section or portion of the container may be removed by tearingfirst along the score line I! and then along the score line I5.

In actual practice the container is formed from a single blank of astrong, comparatively stifl' paper suitably treated and cut to the blankform suggested in Figure 6. The walls I to 4 inclusive and flap 5 areformed by folding the blank on the longitudinal parallel fold lines I0 5while the lowerportions oi the walls I to l inelusive, and flap 5 arebendable on a horizontal fold line 20, and the flaps 9, III and I l arebendable on the horizontal or transverse fold line 2|.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have 7 provided a simple andeconomical container for ice cream or frozen confection which willprovide a sanitary receptacle, which can be readily destroyed after use,and when in use, provides an efficient holder for the ice cream andfacilitates the eating thereof. By successive removal of portions 01'the container the eating of the ice cream may be accomplished withoutresort to a spoon and at the same time without inconvenience.

While for the purpose of facilitating successive removal of the portionsor sections of the container I have shown diagonal lines of perforationsand transverse or horizontal lines of perforations it is to beunderstood that if desired a suitable length of string, wire or anyother suitable medium may be employed to the receptacle in any suitablemanner and following substantially the arrangement of the perforated orscore lines to be used to facilitate the successive removal of portionsof the container, it being intended in nowise to limit the invention tothe specific medium shown for this purpose other than as might benecessary to meet the requirements of the prior art and scope of the ofdestructible material having walls two of which converge at their lowerends and a second two of which have their lower portions foldableinwardly toward one another between the lower portions of the first twowalls, a flap on the lower end of one of the first two walls for closingthe bottom of the container, flaps on the upper ends of all of saidwalls for closing the top of the container, horizontal score linesextending transversely of the walls at vertically spaced points thereon,and diagonal score lines arranged on two opposed walls, with thediagonal score line of one of said two opposed walls extending from theuppermost horizontal score line to the top of the container, and thediagonal score line on the other of said two opposed walls extendingbetween two adjacent horizontal score lines.

2. A container of the class described constructed of a folded blank andhaving walls two of which converge at their lower ends-and a second twoof which have their lower portions foldable inwardly toward one anotherbetween the lower portions of 'the first two walls, a flap on the lowerend of one of the first two walls for closing the bottom of thecontainer, flaps on the upper ends of all of said walls for closing thetop of the container, said container having the walls thereof scored toform prescribed lines of severance permitting the container to bereduced in size of tearing oif portions thereof along said lines ofseverance.

ANTHONY P. COSTA. JOSEPH -('JOS'IA, JR.

